Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10056, Alexander Gilmore, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Gilmore, Alexander Rebecca
W. 10056
CONTENTS

2051- Indiana.
Alexander Gilmore - of Harrison in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Burt of the 1st Regt commanded by Col. Boyer - in the Virginia line for 6 months 18 days from 1779-
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 22 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Nov. 1832. and D. S. T. W. A. Porter, Corydon, Ind.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832. 33. - Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th March 1833 11. - $44. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk, Book D Vol. 9- Page 184.
Order to Pay 27 Sept 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 5 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt notified 26 March 1839

Reported
Date of death not on a B
439
Indiana New Albany Rebecca Gilmore, widow of Alexander Gilmore, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 22 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of June 1848. and sent to
Jacob M. Kintner Corydon Harrison Co. Ind s
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 327 Vol. 3

3942
Alexander Gilmore Indiana.
for 1779 private 6 months 18 days,
$22.
2492

BRIEF in the case of  Alexander Gilmore  of Harrison County in the State of  Indiana  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? in the 69 th year  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1779 — 3 — Private State Troops - Va. Col. John Boyers Capt. George Baxter   1781 — — 18 " Col. Benjamin Harrison Capt. Alexander Herin   on or about the 16 th July 1781. — 3 — " Col. Knoll   thru' Sept. 1781 term as Subst. Fth Regt — 30 " Capt. Richard Ragan   was in 1788 in the 1 st Regt — 28 " Lieut. Archibald McKinney   1791 about — 28 " Genl. Scott - Col. Wilkinson & Hardin Major Barbee.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rockingham Co. Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

State of Indiana } Harrison county } set.
On this 13 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the probate court of Harrison county state of Indiana, a court of record so declared by the act of the legislature creating said court, Alexander Gilmore in the sixty ninth year of his age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served during the term of service herein stated, to wit; first, a term of three months in the state troops of Va beginning some time in December 1779 & ending in March 1780. He was drafted for the aforesaid term and served in a company commanded by captain George Braxton whose company was attached to a regiment commanded by colonel John Boyers; that immediately after he entered on this term of service, he marched through Richmond Va. and down the James river to Longbridge fort near Old Point Comfort & from that to the Dismal Swamp where the British then lay, and there remained until he was discharged. And, second; a term of eighteen days in the month of June 1781; he served this term of service as a mounted volunteer in captain Alexander Ferris's company & under colonel Benjamin Harris, against the Indians a company of Tories who had formed themselves into a body, and were committing depredations on the settlements on the south branch of the Potomac.
Third; a term of three months in the state troops of Virginia, that he was drafted for the aforesaid term and entered on its service on or about the 16 th day of July 1781 and ended on the 16 th day of October three days before the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He served in captain Richard Pagans company, and the regiment to which his company was attached was commanded by colonel Knoll until they reached head quarters at or near York Town and was then placed under the field officers who commanded during that siege.
Fourth; a term of thirty days which he served as

a substitute for his brother James Gilmore who was drafted for the aforesaid length of time; that he served this term of service under the command of lieutenant Archibald M c Kinney who commanded a small company of men not attached to any other company or body of men, nor commanded by any higher officer, that he performed these services on the head waters of Green river principally in what is now called Lincoln county Kentucky, and that this company was drafted for the special purpose of scouring the country and watching the motions of the Indians and to prevent them from committing depredations on the settlements, then a frontier. He is not able to state positively the time when at which he performed this term of service, but from the best of his recollection he thinks it was some time in the spring or summer of 1788.
And lastly a term of about twenty eight days as a mounted volunteer in General Scott's campaign against the Indians on the Wabash in the months of May and June 1791. During this campaign he was in the company commanded by captain Brown and he states that he was well acquainted with all the principal officers in command, to wit, Gen Scott, colonels Wilkinson and Barber Hardin and major Barbe. The troops, eight hundred and fifty in number, left Frankfort Ky about the 10 th of May and crossed the Ohio river near the mouth of the Kentucky river and directed their course straight to the Wabash near the mouth of Eel river where they burned several of the principal Indian towns and villages, destroyed their crops, killed thirty two of their warriors and took about fifty eight prisoners some of whom, the weakest and most infirm were discharged and the rest brought back to Louisville Ky, where the troops were discharged on the 14 th day of June. The aforesaid applicant further states that he is a native of Rockingham county Virginia where he resided when he performed the first three terms of service mentioned in this declaration. In the year 1788 he came out on a visit to see his friends and view the country, at which time his brother James

was drafted for thirty days, and he, by agreement with his brother, served for him the fourth term of service abovementioned. Some time in the year 1789 he removed from Virginia to Lincoln county Ky where he resided when he performed the last term of service of mentioned. In the year 1814 he removed from Ky to Harrison county Indiana where he now resides. He states also that he served all the aforesaid terms of service as a private soldier and that he never received any compensation whatever for any of his services, except for the last under General Scott for which he received seventy five cents per day, nor does he now recollect to what compensation he was entitled by law for any of the other services. He was born in the month of June 1754 as appears by the record of ages kept by his father which is now in his possession. He never received any written discharges from his officers nor has he any documentary evidence whatever of his services, nor does he know of any person now living whose testimony he can procure to testify to any of them. He states here to the court the names of Benjamin Adams — and Frederick Sessle two men of his immediate neighbourhood to whom he is known and who will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Alexander Gilmore Sworn to and subscribed the day and year of aforesaid in open Court Wm. Keith Clerk
We Benjamin Adams a clergyman residing in Harrison county and state of Indiana and Frederick Sessle residing in the same county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Gilmore who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be in the sixty ninth year of

his age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year day and year aforesaid } Benjamin Adams in open court } Frederick Leslie Vest W. Keith Clerk
And the said court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Adams who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Harrison and state of Indiana, and that Frederick Leslie who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county and state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William H. Porter, sole judge of said court
I Henry W. Keith Clerk of the Probate Court of the County of Harrison in the State of Indiana aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Gilmore for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of August 1832 H. W. Keith Clerk

State of Indiana Maurice County Esat
On this 8 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty five, before the subscriber Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County, personally appeared Rebecca Gilmer, a resident of said County, age about twenty years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, did on her oath make the fol- lowing Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed March 3 d 1833. and June 17 1834. granting Pensions and half pay to certain widows: That She is the widow of Alexander Gilmer, who was a private Soldier in the army of the Revolution, She does not know how long he served; nor can she remember the time he entered the service, that he was a pensioner at the rate of twenty two Dollars, on the roll of the State of Indiana - She further declares that She was married to the said Alexander Gilmer, on the 20 th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five, in the County of Lincoln, in the State of Kentucky by David Rice Hest-Jermain Minister, by license, and that her husband, the aforesaid Alexander Gilmer died on the 8 th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three, and that She still remains his widow. She further declares that she was not married to the said Alexander Gilmer prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Rebecca Gilmer
Subscribed and sworn to before me, on the day and year first above written Samuel J. ment Leonard Judge Probate Court

I certify that Rebecca Gilmore the within Declaration who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration before me, is unable from old age and bodily infirmity to attend said Court.
Samuel S. Leonard Probate Judge.
State of Indiana Harrison County ss.
I Henry W. Heath, Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County. (The same being a court of record, and established by the law creating it,) do hereby certify that Samuel S. Leonard, is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the several foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have here unto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office being the official seal of said Court at Corydon on this 12 day of November 1823.
H. W. Heath Clerk

8293.
Rebecca Gilmore
Ind.
Act March 4 th .
Married before 1794

Stanford August 8 th 1845
Dear Sir, Yours of the 24 th July came safely to hand, I have Carefully examined the records of my office for the Marriage bond of Alexander Gilmore executed for the purpose of obtaining a license to intermarry with Rebecca Smith in Oct r 1789. I have not been enabled to find any such bond, executed from the Year 1786 to 1792 including a Period of Six Years, I presume this Period embraces a Space of time sufficient to cover the transaction if it ever took place in Lincoln. Please inquire of the Party upon whom what Water Course they resided who the Minister was that married them, and the names of their relations & acquaintances & inform me of a communication, the enclosed papers do not come to hand. Yours Respectfully Thos Helms

State of Indiana, Knox County, 3 rd Set
Henry W. Heath, of said County of lawful age makes oath & says that he was acquainted with Alexander Gilmore in his lifetime which some four years past that he had been acquainted with said Alexander for some thirty years past up to the period of his death, that he was also and is now acquainted with Rebecca Gilmore who was the wife & is now the widow of said Alexander for near the same period that they lived together as man & wife and were so considered & believed to be by all the neighbors that they were people of great respectability in the neighborhood where they lived, and every reliance can be placed on this statement. When I first became acquainted with the family they had a daughter, who as far as she knows was at his first acquaintance with the family some twenty five years old. I further affirm that with met
H. W. Heath
State of Indiana, Knox County, 3 rd Set
I hereby certify that the above named Henry W. Heath personally appeared before me the undersigned Probate Judge in & for said County, on the 11 th day of March 1868 and subscribed & was by me duly sworn to the foregoing affidavit - And I further

Certify that said Henry W. Beth is the Clerk of the Circuit & Probate Courts of said County, and that he is a man of Credibility and his Statements are entitled to implicit belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24 th day of March 1848.
Thomas C. Slaughter Probate Judge
State of Indiana } Harrison County } ss.
I Henry W. Beth Clerk of the Probate Court of Harrison County, Indiana, do hereby certify that Thomas C. Slaughter whose signature appears to the within and foregoing Certificate was at the time of signing the same & still is the Judge of the Probate Court of said County of Harrison and that his Acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of Our said Court at Corydon this 7 th day of March 1848.
W. W. Beth Clerk

State of Kentucky } Set. Shelby County -
John B Smith of Shelby County, Kentucky, Aged Sixty five years past, this day Personally Appeared before me Robert Doak a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Shelby and makes oath and saith that he was acquainted with Alexander Gilmore in his life time and that he is also acquainted with Rebecca Gilmore who is now his said Alexander's Widow; that he was present at the Marriage of the said Alexander Gilmore and Rebecca Gilmore which took place in or about the 20 th day of October in the year 1790, in the County of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky, the Maiden name of the said Rebecca was Rebecca Smith, That this Deponent was well acquainted with her previous to her Marriage, and has known her since, and furthermore this Deponent saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed to before me, this 11 th day of May in the year 1846,
Robert Doak J.P.
John B Smith
I Robert Doak a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid in and for said County of Shelby in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that John B Smith the above Deponent is a Creditable Witness, which is Certified from my own personal knowledge.
Robert Doak J.P.

State of Kentucky
Shelby County set
I James S. Whitaker clerk of the County Court for said County certify that Robt. Doak Esqr whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is now & was at the time of doing the same a justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned & qualified and that full faith & credit are and ought to be given to all this  his Official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Shelbyville this 11 th of May 1846.
Ja S. Whitaker co  cc By Wm. H. Standeford W.C.
Kentucky Shelby County set
I Saml. Warbison the Senior and presiding magistrate of the Shelby County Court certify that the above certificate of Ja S. Whitaker Clerk by Wm. H. Standeford W.C. of our said Court is in due form of law and that full faith & credit are due & ought to be given to all their Official acts as such.
Given under my hand, seal this 11 th day of May 1846.
Saml. Warbison
Senior & Presiding Justice Shelby County Court

August 18, 1938
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BA-J/BEL Ques Alexander Gilmore-W.10056
Mrs. J.C. Bottorff Corydon Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Alexander Gilmore, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served as a private from Virginia, received pension in 1832, and is buried in Harrison County, Indiana.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in the pension claim, W.10056, based upon the military service in that war of Alexander Gilmore.
Alexander Gilmore was born in June, 1764, in Rockingham County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Rockingham County, Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia troops, as follows: from December, 1779, three months in Captain George Baxter's Company, Colonel John Bowyer's Regiment; from sometime in June, 1781, eighteen days in Captain Alexander Herin's Company, Colonel Benjamin Harris' Regiment and was engaged against some Tories on the South Branch of the Potomac River; from July 6, 1781, in Captain Richard Ragen's Company, Colonel Knoll's Regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged October 16, 1781.
Col John Bowyer only officer identified
In the spring or summer of 1788, he enlisted in what was later Lincoln County, Kentucky, and served thirty days as a substitute for his brother, James Gilmore, as a private under Lieutenant Archibald McKinney, at the headwaters of the Greenbrier River, engaged in protecting the frontiers from the attacks of the Indians. In 1789, he moved from Virginia to Lincoln County, Kentucky, enlisted there in month of May, 1791, served as a private in Captain Brown's Company of Mounted Volunteers, and marched against the Indians on the Wabash, burning their villages and destroying their crops, killing a number of the warriors and taking many prisoners and was discharged June 14, 1791, at Louisville, having served twenty-eight days.
I searched W.L. for this service but found nothing

After this service, Alexander Gilmore lived in Hardin County, Kentucky, and in 1814, moved to Harrison County, Indiana, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
He died October 8, 1843. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and an elder in said church.
The soldier married October 20, 1789 or 1790, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, Rebecca Smith, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown. They were married by the Reverend David Rice, a Presbyterian clergyman.
Soldier's widow, Rebecca, was allowed pension on her application executed November 5, 1845, while residing in Harrison County, Indiana. At that time, she stated that she was aged seventy-five years but in 1848, she gave her age as seventy-four years; no explanation for made for this discrepancy in age.
A daughter and other children are referred to but no names are given.
In 1846, one John B. Smith, aged sixty-five years and a resident of Shelby County, Kentucky, stated that he was present at the marriage of Alexander Gilmore and Rebecca Smith but gave no relationship to Rebecca.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Rebecca Gilmore, widow of Alexander Gilmore (W.10056), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Rebecca Gilmore, widow of Alexander Gilmore Certificate No. 439 Issued June 23, 1848 Rate, $22.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of February 2, 1848 Indiana) New Albany) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1938-Aug 18- Writ to Mrs J. K. Bortoff-Cl
Revolutionary Virginia.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10856
Rebecca Gilmore Wid. of Alexander Gilmore Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 8293. Rebecca Gilmore
Hor. O.B. Ficklin 19 Dec 45 Same 30. May 1846.
Act 3 March 1843

N 8293 Rebecca Gilmore wid of Alexander Ind Act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844
Adm. 6 mo 18 days/yr $22 00 per ann per 8 Oct. 1843
Hon. S. Breese Senate W States

S 8339. New Albany. Indiana
Report
Rebecca Gilmore widow of Alexander Gilmore who was a Private in the Revolution
Newbern Ohio 8th Oct 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 22 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
8th October.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April 1848 and sent to
Wm. V. Beane Senate U.S.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 218.

Alscandan Gilmore, In d act 7 June 1832 $22. 00 per an
To What time was he last paid? H.C.A.
Pension Office = April 4. 48 3
Died 8 th October 1843. — Paid to his death. B. Bogen

State of Indiana
Harrison County Sch. of
Thomas Posey
of said County and of lawful age makes oath & saith that he was acquainted with Alexander Gilmore in his lifetime, that he was acquainted with him for some twenty five or twenty eight years as a resident of Harrison County; he is also acquainted with Rebecca Gilmore his widow, that he has known her since almost the whole period above mentioned. That up to the period of the death of the said Alexander the said & the said Rebecca lived together as man and wife, and that said affiant never doubted that they truly were such; said Alexander was a consistent Member of the Presbyterian Church, as official members during all the time he knew him & that during a portion of that time was an elder in said Church & he & the said Rebecca were both persons of high respectability in the neighborhood in which they lived and for their good works.
Thos. Posey
J. Thomas C. Slaughter, Probate Judge in and for, Harrison County, Indiana, do

hereby certify that Thomas Posey this day personally appeared before me subscribed and was by me known to the foregoing affidavits in due form of law, and I further certify that said Thomas Posey was formerly Pension Agent, at Corydon, Indiana, and that he is a man of credibility and all his statements are entitled to implicit belief -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6 th day of March 1848.
Thos. C. Slaughter Probate Judge
State of Indiana } Harrison County, } Sec.
I, Henry W. Heath Clerk of the Probate Court of Harrison County, Indiana, do hereby certify that Thomas C Slaughter whose signatures appear to the within and foregoing Certificates was at the time of signing the same & still is the Judge of the Probate Court of said County of Harrison and that his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Corydon this 7 th day of March 1848.
H. W. Heath CLERK

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 9 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Alexander Gilmore, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Albany, Ind o , Agency, at the rate of Twenty two Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Washington March 19. 1848
Dear Sir
I transmit you the enclosed papers in the case of Rebecca Gilmore and ask your early attention to them.
Very resp s
L. Breese
J. L. Howard Esq.
Com. of Pensions
W. on Sept.

House of Reps Decr 9 th 1845.
Sir
Enclosed I have the pleasure to send to your office the applica- tion of Mrs Rebecca Gilman for a pension. Yours respectfully
Orlando B. Fletcher

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Alexander Gilmore which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes and has a device

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Kentucky Lincoln County 3 rd Sub
I Thomas Hedrick Clerk of the county Court of Lincoln County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that I have examined the records of my office but have not been enabled to find any evidence of the Marriage of Alexander & Rebecca Gilmore In Testi- mony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 18 th day of March 1848
Thomas Helms Clerk Lincoln county Court
Kentucky Lincoln County Court
I Ephraim Pennington justice of the peace in Lincoln County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Thomas Helm whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is the clerk of the Lincoln County Court in the State of Kentucky and I further certify that the said Thomas Helm made Oath before me that the facts stated by him in the above certificate is true given from un- der my hand this 18 th day of March 1868 E. Pennington J.P.
Kentucky Vincennes Co. Ky. Feb 28th 1811
I Thomas Helms Clerk of the Lincoln County Court in the State of Kentucky do certify that _____ whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in Lincoln County duly Commissioned and qualified that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to his official acts In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office this 18 th day of March 1848 Thomas Helms Clerk Lincoln County Court

State of Indiana,
Warrick County, Feb.
William Gruff of said County and of lawful age makes oath and says that he was acquainted with Alexander Gilmore in his lifetime and is now and was then acquainted with Rebecca Gilmore his widow, who now resides in this County, that he became acquainted with them about the year 1797 some fifty years ago as he now thinks. He first became acquainted with them in Hardin County Kentucky. He knew them then for several years and has known them for a period of perhaps thirty years up to the period of said Alexander Gilmore's death as residents of this County, that they had children when he first became ac- quainted with them in Kentucky, that the said Alexander and Rebecca resided together as husband and wife and were so reputed during the whole of the period of said affiant's acquaintance with them, that they were people of good reputation & said affiant never heard it doubted that they were husband & wife. Said affiant is aged about seventy seven years and he further states that said Rebecca Gilmore still remains the widow of said Alexander Gilmore And further this affiant saith not
William Grufford
I, Thomas C. Shaeffer the Probate Judge in the said County of Warrick, in the State of Indiana

do hereby certify that William Crofford this day personally appeared before me and subscribed and was by me sworn to the foregoing affidavit in due form of law. And I further certify that said William Crofford is a man of credibility and all his statements are entitled to full credit & belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10 day of September 1847.
Thomas Slaughter Pro Judge
State of Indiana Harrison County ss
John McMahon of said County makes oath & says that he was acquainted with Alexander Gilmore in his lifetime and is now acquaint- ed with Rebecca his widow; that he became acquaint- ed with said Alexander Gilmore he thinks about forty years ago in Hardin County Kentucky, that he also became acquainted with the said Rebecca Gilmore as aforesaid and the rest of said Gilmore's family he thinks some thirty seven or eight years ago; that at the time he first became acquainted with the family said Alexander Gilmore he had a daughter grown, he should suppose eighteen years of age at least & other children younger; that at the time he knew the said Alexander & Rebecca in Kentucky they lived together and were reputed to be husband & wife, said affiant, never heard it doubted that they really were such, that they were respectable people - that he has known the said Alexander

and Rebecca Gilmore were since they resided in this County up to the time of said Alexander's death - which occurred as affiant thinks about three years since) a period as affiant now believes of thirtytwo or thirty three years; that during all that time they were lived together and been regarded by all as who knew them as husband & wife and this affiant has no doubt they were really so & further affiant saith not. John McMahon
I Thomas C. Slaughter, Probate Judge in & for Harrison County, Indiana, do hereby certify that John McMahon this day personally appeared before me the & subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavits in due form of law; and I further certify that said John McMahon is a man of credibility and all his statements are entitled to full credit & belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12 day of Sept. 1847.
Thos C. Slaughter Probate Judge

State of Indiana, ss Harrison County, ss I
Henry H. Keith, Clerk of the Probate Court of Harrison County, Indiana. We hereby certify that Thomas C. Slaughter, whose signatures appear to the within & foregoing certificate, was at the time of signing the same & still is the Judge of the Probate Court of said County of Harrison and that his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of our said Court at Newbern, this 7 th Day of March 1848.
H. H. Keith C. R.

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Corydon August 18 th 1832
Sir.
Inclosed, is the declaration of Alexander Gilmore to obtain the benefit of the late act passed by congress for the relief of the surviving soldiers of the revolution. Part of the services for which he claims, was rendered after the peace of 1783, he is uncertain, therefore, whether he will be entitled to a credit for them or not. As part of his services was performed in Virginia, in the rolls of which state his name will probably be found, and part of them in Kentucky, he has thought proper to accompany his declaration with that kind of proof required of those who served in states the rolls of which are not found at the department.
Yours &c
W. A. Porter for Alexander Gilmore

State of Indiana Harrison County 3rd Set
John B. Mellen of said County and a lawful age makes oath and saith that he is acquainted with Rebecca Gilmore the widow of Alexander Gilmore and that he was acquainted with said Alexander Gilmore deceased in his lifetime - that he has known them for the last twenty six or twenty seven years past; that they have lived together during all that time as husband and wife; and have always been recognized by the community in which they have lived as husband and wife - that said Alexander Gilmore died about the 7 th or 8 th day of October in the year 1843. leaving the said Rebecca Gilmore his widow, and that still remains his widow - And further this deponent saith not.
John B. Mellen Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5 th day of November 1843.
Samuel S. Leonard Judge Probate Court.
I certify that the above affidavit John B. Mellen, is a credible witness which is certified from my own personal knowledge.
Samuel S. Leonard Judge Probate Court.
State of Indiana Harrison County 3rd Set
I, Henry W. Keith, clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County (the same being a court of record and duly constituted by the laws creating it) do hereby certify that Samuel S. Leonard, is

the Sole Judge of said Cause, duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the several foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said Court at Salem this 12 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five.
H. M. Beck Clerk

State of Indiana Harrison County
John H. Brown of said County and of lawful age makes oath and saith that he was a acquainted with Alexander Gilmore in his lifetime and that he is a acquainted with Rebecca Gilmore who is his widow that he has known the said Alexander Gilmore and the said Rebecca Gilmore for the last thirty four years up to the death of said Alexander for which occurred some time in the fall of the year 1843 the day and month I do not remember - that he was present at the death of said Alexander Gilmore - that he has been a acquainted with the said Rebecca Gilmore ever since the death of her husband up to the present time, that she still remains the widow of the said Alexander that ever since he has been a acquainted with them, they were acknowledged in the community in which they have lived as husband and wife - And further this deponent saith not.
John H. Brown
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6 day November 1842.
Samuel S. Leonard Esq. Probate Court
I certify that John H. Brown the above affiant is a credible witness, which is stated from my own personal knowledge.
Samuel S. Leonard Esq. Probate Court

State of Indiana Harrison County, B.C.
I, Henry W. Heath clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County the same being a Court of Record, and so declared by the law creating it, do hereby certify that General S. Bennett, in the said Judge of said Court, duly Commissioned and qualified and that the several foregoing Signatures from printing to be his are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official Seal of said Court, this 12 day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
H. W. Heath clerk

Admitted
Jacob W. Hutter Conydon Ind s

State of Indiana } Harrison County, } S.S.
On this 5 th day of May 1848, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, Rebecca Gilmore a resident of Indiana in the County of Harrison, Aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d. February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Alexander Gilmore who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, that she has been Allowed a Pension on the Indiana Roll at $22 a year under the Acts of 3 d March 1843 & 17 th June, 1844, that she is not able to give the particulars in relation to her husband's service, but refers to the Declarations of herself and husband on file in the Pension Office. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, } Rebecca her Gilmore John W. Waid J. P. } mark
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Rebecca Gilmore who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration, before me, and I was also acquainted with her husband Alexander Gilmore in his lifetime, I am fully satisfied of the truth of the statements therein made by her.
John W. Waid J. P.
State of Indiana, } Harrison County, } S.S. I, Henry W. Heath Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County, do certify that John W. Waid is a Magistrate as above, duly Commissioned and qualified and that the several foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Official Seal of said Court, this 5 th day of May 1848.
H. W. Heath Clerk

MRS. J. C. BOTTORFF
CORYDON, INDIANA
The Veterans Administration
Will you please give me all the data concerning Alexander Gilmore, a Revolutionary Soldier, a Private in Virginia buried in Harrison County Indiana, Pensioned in 1832
Respectfully
Mrs J. C. Bottorff
Corydon
Indiana